RADIUS Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

Configuring RADIUS Accounting

For example, to configure RADIUS accounting on the switch with start-stopfor exec functions and stop-onlyfor system functions:

Configures exec and system accounting and controls.

Summarizes the switch’s accounting configuration.

Exec and System accounting are active. (Assumes the switch is configured to access a reachable

Figure 5-12. Example of Configuring Accounting Types

3.(Optional) Configure Session Blocking and Interim Updating Options

These optional parameters give you additional control over accounting data.

Updates: In addition to using a Start-Stop or Stop-Only trigger, you can optionally configure the switch to send periodic accounting record updates to a RADIUS server.

Suppress: The switch can suppress accounting for an unknown user having no username.

Syntax: [no] aaa accounting update periodic < 1 - 525600>

Sets the accounting update period for all accounting sessions on the switch. (The no form disables the update function and resets the value to zero.) (Default: zero; dis- abled).

Syntax: [no] aaa accounting suppress null-username

Disables accounting for unknown users having no user- name. (Default: suppression disabled)

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